Research Resources Preassessment (see flashcards at bottom of the page)
Just to Laugh
Quotation

Books

Lincoln with his son Tad

Albion Library Catalog

Databases

**Find database log-in helps here

Utah's Online Library

• Gale--Student Research Center 9-12--Biography in Context
• EBSCO Student Researcher

SIRS Discoverer

World Book Advanced

Webpath Express--sifts through Internet sites and leaves reliable ones

CHECK DATABASES FIRST BEFORE THE WEB!

Websites--Every time you access an Internet website, you must evaluate its reliability

• A--Author or authority (person or organization)

  Lincoln, 1847

• B--Bias (purpose, sources)

• C--Currency (dates, updating)

• S--Site information (file extensions, % or ~)

Websites:

• A Lincoln--Timeline

• Quotes by Abraham Lincoln

  
  
  

Bibliography and Works Cited Helps:

• Works Cited Rubric

• Son of Citation Machine

  
  
  

  MLA Citation Format--Richards.pdf
  

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  • Lincoln Brochure Template
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    Lincoln Brochure.pptx
    

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Primary Sources

• Lincoln's Sum Book

• Lincoln for President poster

• Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, 1860 Census

• Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, 1850 Census

• Assassination Telegram

  
  
  

WAS LINCOLN A HERO?

Mr. Lincoln's Personality

SIRS Researcher

• "Revising An Icon" by Rick Hampson

• Other articles using the search terms "Abraham Lincoln"

Google

• Use Lincoln's name, a personality trait, and limit the domain to ".edu" and ".gov" in your Google search

• Example: "Abraham Lincoln" perseverance site:edu